NAEB Washington Report (December 1964)

Volume V Number 17

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NAEB PUBLICATIONS SERVICE IMPROVED

Several changes are being made in the NAEB Newsletter and Washington Report
to expedite and improve the service of these publications to NAEB members. The
changes will be put into effect with the January issues.

Most of the information previously published in the bi-weekly Vfeishington
Report will be available through Divisional Newsletters, and the Washington Report
will be published as an occasional paper reporting and commenting in depth on
special topics.

The printing and mailing schedule for the Newsletter has been revised to
accommodate last minute news items. Institutional Members of the Association will
receive the Newsletter via first class mail.

To enlarge the space available for news, the placement information will be
distributed in two different ways. Persons seeking positions (personnel available)
will appear as an insert with the mailing to Institutional Msmbers; positions avail¬
able will continue as a part of the Newsletter .

NAEB RECEIVES FORD FOUNDATION GRANT

A grant of $600,000 to the NAEB for the support of a three-year program
for the improvement of televised teaching was announced on December 7 by NAEB.

The project will center around a program of national and regional seminars
and field consultant service for institutions using or planning to use television
for instruction.

The appointment of a staff for the project will be made shortly after the
first of year, and specific details of the program will be announced at that time.

HARLEY APPOINTED TO ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Assistant Surgeon General A. W. Christensen, Chief of the Public Health
Service, Bureau of State Services, has announced the appointment of NAEB President,
William G. Harley, to the new Advisory Committee on Health Education and Communi¬
cations.

The committee will review all health education and communications research,
training, and practices in the seven divisions which comprise the Bureau of State
Services. It will recommend priorities and changes which ’’will enable the Bureau
to keep abreast of technology and fulfill its responsibilities with greater
effectiveness."

Harley will serve on the committee's panel on communications and behavioral
research.

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USOE PUBLISHES NEW MAGAZINE

Beginning with a December-January issue, the U. S. Office of Education
will publish a new magazine, American Education, which will report "to the
people of the United States on the Federal Government’s role in education."

It will replace the magazine. School life and Higher Education and will appear
10 times a year.

The subscription price is $3.00 a year and subscriptions may be ordered
from Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.

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ETV APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR FILING

Two applications totaling $530,705 have been accepted for filing under
the ETV Facilities Program. The applications are from:

Washburn University of Topeka, Kansas, for $213,937 to activate Channel
11 at Topeka. Total cost of the project is $427,873*

The Board of Regents of the Universities and State College of Arizona
for $316,719 to expand the facilities of Channel 6 at Tucson, Arizona for use of
the University of Arizona there. Total cost is estimated at $524,249•

HEW GRANT TO ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Approval of a grant of $141,295 to Arizona State University, Tempe,

Arizona was ann o un ced on December 10. The money will be used to expand facilities
of Channel 8, KAET-TV, at Tempe, through the purchase of a videotape recorder,
antenna, tower and transmitter. An additional 20,500 people, including 8,465
students in 24 schools, will be served.

FCC BEGINS STUDY OF STEREOPHONIC SOUND FOR TV

The FCC has begun an inquiry to determine whether stereophonic sound in
television broadcasting is desirable. It has issued a Notice of Inquiry inviting
comments on the subject until January 22, 1965 . The closing date for filing reply
comments is February 8.

"It is the purpose of this proceeding to determine whether or not the
employment of stereophonic sound in TV broadcasting will add to the realism or
otherwise contribute a worthwhile improvement to the overall portrayal of the
programs presented by TV broadcast stations and if so, what system of producing
stereophonic sound transmission and reception should be employed. Pertinent data
obtained experiments and tests will be most helpful. Data is also desired as to
the effect of stereophonic sound transmission on the quality of picture and sound
reception both for monophonic TV receivers and for those equipped to receive the
stereophonic sound transmissions accompanying the picture transmissions. We will
also be concerned with bandwidth requirements as well as costs and complexity of
installing and operating transmitting and receiving equipment."

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